Saudi police arrest man for having breakfast with woman in public

By

Ray Downs

Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Police in Saudi Arabia arrested an Egyptian man after he posted a video of himself eating breakfast with a woman.

The man, who was not named by police but goes by "Bahaa" on social media, was working the front desk at a hotel in the coastal city of Jeddah when he filmed himself eating with a female co-worker. The video shows the woman, who is wearing a full niqab, picks up a piece of food and puts it in his mouth.

After Bahaa posted the video to Twitter, it went viral in Saudi Arabia with the hashtag "Egyptian having breakfast with a Saudi woman," with many expressing outrage, Middle East Eye reported.

"The government should prosecute those who dare to disrespect Saudi laws and systems, distort the image of our conservative society, and promote moral degradation with the strictest punishment," one user wrote.